Evolution of Desert Vegetation in Western North America
Author : Daniel I. Axelrod
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File Size : 24,15 MB
Release : 1950
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Author : Daniel I. Axelrod
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File Size : 24,15 MB
Release : 1950
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Author : Michael A. Mares
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 19,20 MB
Release : 2017-01-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0806172290
Encyclopedia of Deserts represents a milestone: it is the first comprehensive reference to the first comprehensive reference to deserts and semideserts of the world. Approximately seven hundred entries treat subjects ranging from desert survival to the way deserts are formed. Topics include biology (birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, invertebrates, plants, bacteria, physiology, evolution), geography, climatology, geology, hydrology, anthropology, and history. The thirty-seven contributors, including volume editor Michael A. Mares, have had extensive careers in deserts research, encompassing all of the world’s arid and semiarid regions. The Encyclopedia opens with a subject list by topic, an organizational guide that helps the reader grasp interrelationships and complexities in desert systems. Each entry concludes with cross-references to other entries in the volume, inviting the reader to embark on a personal expedition into fascinating, previously unknown terrain. In addition a list of important readings facilitates in-depth study of each topic. An exhaustive index permits quick access to places, topics, and taxonomic listings of all plants and animals discussed. More than one hundred photographs, drawings, and maps enhance our appreciation of the remarkable life, landforms, history, and challenges of the world’s arid land.
Author : Stanley D. Smith
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 11,42 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 3642592120
Following a description of the physical and biological characterization of the four North American deserts together with the primary adaptations of plants to environmental stress, the authors go on to present case studies of key species. They provide an up-to-date and comprehensive review of the major patterns of adaptation in desert plants, with one chapter devoted to several important exotic plants that have invaded these deserts. The whole is rounded off with a synthesis of the resource requirements of desert plants and how they may respond to global climate change.
Author : David W. Goodall
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 35,96 MB
Release : 1976-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0292740999
Written by specialists in the field, the papers in this volume explore evolution of animals and plants on the deserts of North America, South America, and Australia. Together, the articles constitute a complete survey of the geological history of the deserts of three continents, the evolution of the animals and plants of those deserts, and their adaptations to the environments in which they live. The first paper, by Otto T. Solbrig, discusses the flora of the South American temperate and semidesert regions, citing numerous genera and reasons that they are found in the different areas. John S. Beard uses the same approach in his discussion of the evolution of Australian desert plants and focuses on western Australian areas. Guillermo Sarmiento appraises the evolution of arid vegetation in tropical America, including the Lesser Antilles and the Coast Range of Venezuela and Colombia. A. R. Main surveys the adaptation of Australian vertebrates to desert conditions and gives examples of how various species of birds, reptiles, and amphibians adapt to their environment in order for the greatest number to survive. James A. MacMahon designates specific communities in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts and discusses the similarity of species of the North American desert mammal faunas found there, while Bobbi S. Low focuses on the evolution of amphibian life histories in the desert and compiles a lengthy table of amphibia comparing egg size, habitat, number of eggs per clutch, and so forth. Finally, W. Frank Blair treats adaptation of anurans to equivalent desert scrub of North and South America and cites various species of frogs and toads that are found in similar areas. The volume also includes an introduction by the editor and an index. Evolution of Desert Biota is the result of a symposium held during the First International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology in Boulder, Colorado; in August 1973.
Author : Stephen G. Wells
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,41 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Nature
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Author : Lawrence E. Stevens
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 34,9 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816526451
A collection of articles on the ecology of North American desert springs, by authors from the fields of biology, botany, ichthyology, conservation, geology and law; and covering both the special traits of springs and the ways in which they might be managed in order to survive.
Author : G. W. Brown
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 30,57 MB
Release : 2013-10-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 148322371X
Desert Biology: Special Topics on the Physical and Biological Aspects on Arid Regions, Volume I covers the biology, geophysical characteristics, and ways of life in arid regions. This book is composed of 11 chapters, and begins with a brief description of a desert community, the Merkhiyat Jebels, with its diverse fauna and flora. The subsequent chapters look into the climate, geographical distribution, geologic and geomorphic aspects, and the evolution of desert community. These topics are followed by intensive discussions on desert plants, animals, and limnology. The last chapter describes the adaptive processes and human adaptation capacity to arid environments. This book will prove useful to upper division and graduate students in desert biology.
Author : Robert S. Lamotte
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 13,48 MB
Release : 1952
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ISBN : 0813710510
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Page : 288 pages
File Size : 13,17 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Forest management
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Page : 598 pages
File Size : 41,69 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Geology
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